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Honorable Mark A. Frankel (Ret.) Dane County Circuit Court Wisconsin, JD 1973; Michigan, BA 1970 FULL BIO
 —Regina Mullen, FORUM Arbitrator Regina Mullen is an arbitrator with the National Arbitration Forum, and also an arbitrator on other panels and a mediator in a variety of settings. Her legal experience runs deep. She has represented individuals and businesses, as well as... FULL STORY
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TODAY IN ADR
/ February 9, 2010
The South Carolina Supreme Court has held that section 5 of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) does not allow for the appointment of an alternate arbitrator when the designated administrator refuses to hear the parties’ dispute, finding that the selection of an arbitrator implies the waiver of certain procedural rights and that the selection of an arbitral forum is therefore a “material term.”
In Grant v. Magnolia Manor-Greenwood, Inc., No. 26668, 2009 WL 1678204 (S.C. June 15, 2009), Grant admitted his wife to the Magnolia nursing home facility. Upon admission, Grant executed the admission contract on his wife’s behalf. The contract contained a broadly-worded arbitration agreement specifying the National Health Lawyers Association, later the American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA), as the arbitration administrator...
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